Just the other day, Anderson said the father of a little girl he'd met last season came back to tell him that his daughter's wish had been granted.

"Last year she had come to me and asked for relief of her symptoms from this ongoing illness she had," he said. "I told her that it wasn't something I could do but that I'd bring her something very special."

"I guess she took that to mean I was going to cure her," he said, "Because two weeks after Christmas last year her symptoms went into remission."

"It's just that kind of hope and belief, the spontaneous love and affection, that makes me love what I do," he said.

She wasn't schizophrenic or manic with delusions of Santa's grandeur, was she? "That farker at the mall cured me daddy, screw that Santa shiat..."

I might read this, if I didn't already know it was purely anti-American drivel, meant to damage our interests, and those of our international allies. If this guy had any balls, he'd publish a list from Iran or North Korea.

Would have preferred Hero tag, but Sad fits, too... he obviously loves this gig; and some of those requests are standing down wind from mustard gas level tear jerkers./dammnit, now i have a snot riddled kitchen towel.

They used to put kids xmas lists in the local newspaper here, one I thought was cute was when a kid asked santa for a "molkin troll car" :DI'll let you figure that out yourself, it's pretty adorable, imo.

I used to manage a major retail chain store in North Carolina. One year I got to see our Santa cry one year when a little girl climbed up on his lap and told him that all she wanted for Christmas was for her daddy to get out of prison. Santa has a tougher job than most people realize.

"What do I want? I want kids to realize that even though we may have darkness at times, that the sun is always going to shine," he said. "I want kids to know that they're loved and cared for and special."

Yes: comfort them with sweet lies.

ultraholland2010-12-22 09:04:09 PM (favorite)

I want Uncle Jim to stop touching me.

And a pony.

Why was he touching a pony?

overmortal2010-12-22 09:03:57 PM

Makes me miss my little girl. I don't get to see her anymore after the divorce.

/step-daughter//loved her like she was my flesh and blood///never did adopt her. Always thought I'd have more time. So, I have no legal visitation rights

Call.

I got in touch with someone I hadn't spoken to in 13 years.

We hung out once, but she's being petty and defensive. She still seems to be hostile, but I was the one who snubbed her last (about 11 years ago). So, without needing the details she kinda cut me off. All in one month. But I dropped a hand-written letter in her mailbox. I tried to deliver it right to her.

/even though I'm 2 hours from where we grew up I found she was living 5 blocks from where I was living last year/don't date your friends

fark'emfeed'emfish:I might read this, if I didn't already know it was purely anti-American drivel, meant to damage our interests, and those of our international allies. If this guy had any balls, he'd publish a list from Iran or North Korea.

Flragnararch:fark'emfeed'emfish: I might read this, if I didn't already know it was purely anti-American drivel, meant to damage our interests, and those of our international allies. If this guy had any balls, he'd publish a list from Iran or North Korea.